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US 9,085,025 B2Granted
System for marking containers
OwnerRyan Fritzscheinventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a means for providing customizable identification symbols to a metal container using a custom, portable tool for stamping the symbols onto the external surface of the container.
Claims11
A tool for marking malleable surfaces with an image, said tool comprising:
- a. a flat violin shaped object having a length, a width, a thickness, a first end and a second end, two side edges, a top surface and a bottom surface,
- b. a widened section at the first end sized to fit into the palm of the hand of a user,
- c. a curved working face at the second end,
- d. a raised relief of said image said raised relief being a mirror image of the image,
- e. a narrowing in the width at a point ½ to ⅔ of the distance from the first end to the second end thereby forming a waist,
- f. an oval indentation in the top surface at a location ½ to ⅔ of the distance from the first end to the second end, said indentation sized to accommodate a user's thumb, and,
- g. a channel cut across the width of the bottom surface at the approximate location of the waist, said channel sized to accommodate a user's forefinger.
4 more elements
A marking system for facilitating the visual discrimination of a container from other similar containers, said containers including a malleable surface, said marking system comprising:
- a. a working face, said working face including an image, said image comprising a plurality of symbols arranged to create a raised relief of said image, said raised relief being a mirror image of the image,
- b. a stamping tool comprising a body portion fixably attached to the working face, wherein the body portion provides means for advantageously exerting a manual force on the working face against the malleable surface,
- c. wherein the raised symbols are each comprised of a solid structure having a pentagonal cross-section with a flat edge of the pentagon attached to the working face and an apex of the pentagon forming a point of contact with the malleable surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.